Sarah El Haïry

Sarah El Haïry (born 16 March 1989) is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as Secretary of State for Biodiversity in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2023.[1]

Sarah El Haïry
Secretary of State for Youth
In office
4 July 2022 – 20 July 2023
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
MinisterPap Ndiaye
Sébastien Lecornu
In office
27 July 2020 – 20 May 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Preceded byGabriel Attal
Member of the National Assembly
for Loire-Atlantique's 5th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 26 August 2020
Preceded byMichel Ménard
Succeeded byLuc Geismar
Member of the Municipal council of Nantes
Assumed office
3 July 2020
MayorJohanna Rolland
Personal details
Born (1989-03-16) 16 March 1989
Romorantin-Lanthenay, France
Political partyMoDem
EducationUniversity of Nantes
ProfessionSales Executive

El Haïry previously served as State Secretary for Youth at the Ministry of National Education in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean Castex from (2020–2022) and Borne (2022–2023).[2][3] She was previously a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 until 2020, representing the department of Loire-Atlantique.[4]

Early life and education

Born to Franco-Moroccan parents,[5] El Haïry attended school in Metz and graduated from Lycée Lyautey high school in Casablanca in Morocco.[6]

El Haïry studied law in Nantes and stayed in Canada before becoming a trader in a cooperative.[7]

Political career

Initially active within the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), El Haïry eventually joined Democratic Movement (MoDem) in 2014.[8]

In parliament, El Haïry served as member of the Finance Committee from 2017 until 2020 and on the Committee on Legal Affairs from 2018 until 2019. In this capacity, she was the parliament's rapporteur on a 2018 bill aimed at improving the financial situation of associations and authored a 2019 report on philanthropy in France.[9] In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the French-Cypriot Parliamentary Friendship Group.[10]

Since February 2018, El Haïry has been serving as MoDem's spokesperson, alongside Jean-Noël Barrot.[11]

In July 2020, El Haïry was appointed Secretary of State for the Youth to the Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports Jean-Michel Blanquer.[12]

Political positions

El Haïry opposed the Aéroport du Grand Ouest project.[13]

Personal life

In April 2023, El Haïry outed herself in an interview as a lesbian woman, making her the first cabinet member in French history to do so.[14]

References
  1. Ambre Xerri (20 July 2023), Remaniement : la députée Renaissance Prisca Thévenot remplace Sarah El Haïry à la Jeunesse Le Figaro.
  2. Peter O’Brien (4 July 2022), Macron braces for tough second term with Cabinet reshuffle Politico Europe.
  3. Ambre Xerri (20 July 2023), Remaniement : la députée Renaissance Prisca Thévenot remplace Sarah El Haïry à la Jeunesse Le Figaro.
  4. "Loire-Atlantique - 5e circonscription : Résultats des législatives".
  5. Guillaume Descours (20 June 2017), La diversité progresse à l'Assemblée nationale Le Figaro.
  6. Anne Patinec (June 20, 2017), Loire Atlantique : la députée Sarah El Haïry découvre le Palais Bourbon France Bleu.
  7. "Sarah El hairy - Présidente du MoDem 44 / Déléguée Régionale UP Fundation - Les Fameuses - Elles donnent des ailes à l'Ouest". lesfameuses.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016.
  8. L’Elysée nomme onze secrétaires d’Etat pour compléter le gouvernement Le Monde, July 26, 2020.
  9. L’Elysée nomme onze secrétaires d’Etat pour compléter le gouvernement Le Monde, July 26, 2020.
  10. Sarah El Haïry French National Assembly.
  11. Antoine Denéchère (February 28, 2018), La députée de Loire-Atlantique Sarah El Haïry prend du galon et devient porte-parole du Modem France Bleu.
  12. Qui sont les 11 secrétaires d'Etat du gouvernement Castex ? France Info, July 26, 2020.
  13. Rémi Barroux (January 6, 2018), Notre-Dame-des-Landes : le premier ministre veut déminer le dossier auprès des élus locaux Le Monde.
  14. Queer.de: Sarah El Haïry outet sich als erste Frau im französischen Kabinett (german), April 2023
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